Mother goose movie toy.



a. 0. LEE. I MOTHER GOOSE MOVIE TOY.

APPLICATIONHLED APR. 24 I918.

1 ,284, 1 1 6.. Patented Nov. 5, 1918.

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To. all whom it may concern:

RONALD diann, on new w s, at. u.

I MOTHER GOOSE MOVIE THY.

; Beit known that I, RouArnG L enia citizen of the United States, residing .at 2

Gramercy Park, New Yorlr, county of New York, andState of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful llmprovernentsin ,Mother. Goose Movie} Toys, fully described and representedin theffollowing specificab tion and Ethe accompanying drawings, for inga part of the same. 1

This invention consists of a toy in which i carrier is rotated between the walls of: a

casing; the carrier having. upon its periphery figures wh ch move into and out of the cas ng as thecarrler s rotated. 'llhecasing tateidby a handorank gor irnay be pro- ,vided with a wheel toro'll upon the floor and such wheel connectedto, the carrier to rotateyit The constructicn permits a designtto be i exhibited upon the; outer side of the casing,

which has an associationor correlationto -the figures which are moved by the carrier. 25.

The object'and operation of the toy will be understood by reference to the annexed -drawing,in which Figure 1 isa side eleva- ,-tion-.of the toy with its handle attached; 1 Fig.2 is a section of the same a. on line 22 Mcarrier' withhandbrank; 1

in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa side view ofthe car- ,rier and the figuresj connected with .it detached from: thepeasing; and Fig. a shows a The casing is formeolwith flat time ,a spaced apart by blocks b and o sufliciently to admit the driving-wheeldi and the driven QWlTlBGlG between the-walls, with the figures carried thereby. The driving-wheel 1s sustained in the casing by a pivot f, with its lower edge projecting below the casing to rest uponwthe ground and floor. Thedriven wheel is held in place by a pivot gyand the hole It through the driven wheel is made larger than the pivot so that this wheel may rest freely upon the driving-wheel d and be propelled by frictional contact therewith.

jfipeoification ofifletters Patent.

hp plication filed. April 2%, 1918. Seria1N0.830,38Et.

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sign and with such a construction Ithef'design upon the casingjmay be correlated to thefigures moving into and out of the casing, Fig, 1 of the drawing showinga rep resentatlon of the moon Z upon the cas ng anda cow upon the carrier whlch appears to be jumping over the moon.

Such appearance is producedby the rotat1on of the carrier, which has one or more figures of a cow attachedtheretoat such a distance from the p1vot that they alter nately move out of sight between the walls of the casing, or appear in a rotary movement above the moon. i

i The Mother Goose rhyme referring to the. cow jumping over the moon refers also to other objects, as Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the noon, the little do laughed to see: such ran away with thei and i the dish To embody the entire sentimentiof nursery rhyme, the casingis provided, in addition to the figure of the -moon, with the figure of a cat m playing a fiddle, alsoa.

little dogfl, and a disho and spoon o furnished with limbs to run away.

llhe form of this toy was especially se- .lected to eXhibita moving objectcorrelated toadesignupon the Casing; and thej flatcasing was employed for that reason, upon which objects can be painted or fastened which havean association withfthe object .moyedby the: carrier.

Many oftlie-h lother Gooserhymes furnish correlated 1 subjects which are always associated 1n the mindset. children who I 1 present invention furnishes a means of representing many such associated objects in a rnoving relation-townsanother, audit is therefore immaterial to the invention what design be placed upon the casing, or what figures be attached to the carrier, if correlated.

It is also immaterial what connection be formed between the driving-wheel and the driven wheel to rotate the latter; and a cord or pulleys would therefore serve the same purpose as the frictional connection of the carrier and driving-wheel shown in the drawing.

If such cord and pulleys were used to transmit the rotary motlon, the carrier would not require a loose fit upon its pivot,

top-shown in thedraw-ing. Such apperance "and-"disappearance of-the objects can also be produced by applying a hand-crank to di- --rectly*rotate' the carrier and thus dispense which, is shown the drawing to throw the weight of the carrier and its attached figures upon the rim of the driving-wheel.

Cog-wheels may also be used to transmit the motion of the driving-wheel to the carrier.

It-is essential in this invention that the casing be so shaped and proportioned that the objects attached to the carrier are covered by the casing during a great part of aving a curved are wholly outside of the casing only at the top of thesame. This construction produces anappearance and disappearance of the'objects which constitute the chief inter- "est of the toy. '--"The same elfect would be produced b making'the top of the carrier nearly or entirely straight, but such form would not present so graceful an appearance as the curved with the "driving-wheel, In suchcase, the casing is merely held in the hand and the carrier rotated -by-acrank it attached to a 4 shaft 9" secured in the-center of the carrier,

as shownin Fig; 4:

"j by which a' child-candraw the toy-along The toy-is shown in Figrl with a handle the floor, but the'flat sidedcasin-g, adapted to receive a design correlated with the movwing'fi'gures upon--the-carrier, may be 40 desired.

r- Having thus set forth the nature of the fing having side-Walls and a driving-wheel rotatable; between the'walls and 'propor "tioned'to rest upon theground, of a rot-ainvention what is claimed herein is:

1. In a toy, the combination, with a castable carrier pivoted between the wallsand driven by connection to the driving-wheel,

poples ofi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "commissioner of Patents,

. i P vided with add tlonal wheels at the front if and a figure attached rigidly tothe peripheryrof the carrier and moved into and out of the casing by the rotation of the carrier,

for the purpose set forth.

2. In a toy, the combination, with a casing having side-walls with intervening space,

of a driving wheel pivoted in such space to rest upon the ground, a driven wheel pivoted in such space and resting upon the drivingwheel, and one or more figures carried by such driven wheel and rotated-thereby into "and out-of thecasing for the purpose set forth.

'3. In a toy, the combination, with a casing having side-walls with intervening space, of a driving-wheel pivoted in such space to rest upon the ground, a pivot extended across the casing above the driving-wheel, a

carrier consisting of a driven wheel fitted to the pivot and having a center-hole larger than the said pivot, permitting it to rest freely upon the driving-wheel, and figures rotated by the carrier into and out of the casin 'for the purpose set forth.

4: n a toy, the combination, with a casing having flat side-walls, of a carrier pivoted to rotate between thewalls, a drivingwheel proportioned to rest upon the ground and-rotatable betweenthe walls and connected to the carrier, and a plurality of figures attached rigidly to the periphery of the carrier and movedintoandout of the casing by the rotation of Y the carrier,

5. In a toy, the-combination, with a casing'having side-walls withblocks secured between their opposite ends to maintain an inte-rvening space, of a driving-wheelrotatable between thewallsto rest upon the ground, a driven-wheel pivoted insuch space to rest upon the driving-wheel, and one or more figures-carried by such driven wheel and rotated thereby into and out of the casing, the casing vand moving figures having a combined design based upon a Mother Goose rhyme, and the casing havinga. handle for drawing it upon the ground.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

RONALD C. LEE.

- Washington, D. 0. 

